HAVE THE DISCONCERTING RESULT OF...SILENCE. OH, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT THE CURRENT COPY OF THE LADDER AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT TYPE OF 'COPY' TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

"I WONDER HOW MANY READERS OF THE LADDER HAVE FELT A VERY REAL DESIRE TO HELP WITH THIS WORTHY CAUSE IN BEHALF OF THE OUTCAST HOMOSEXUAL, BUT HAVE HESITATED; SOME THROUGH FEAR OF INVOLVEMENT, SOME THROUGH A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS, OR AGAIN THROUGH SHEER INERTIA?

"ÖR, LIKE MYSELF, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE FELT THAT YOU HAVE SO LITTLE MONEY, SO LITTLE TIME, AND AFTER ALL WHAT CAN ONE MORE PERSON DO?

"IN ANSWER TO MY FIRST QUESTION MAY GIVE YOU MY EXPERIENCE AS ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE HESITATING? I DID WRITE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LADDER AND IN ANSWER I GOT ONE OF THE FEW MEDIOCRE COPIES OF THE LADDER AND NO OTHER RESPONSE. BUT I AM OF A PERSISTENT TEMPERAMENT AND SO I TRIED AGAIN. I OFFERRED TO HELP OUT WITH ANY WORK AT THE OFFICE. THAT, OF COURSE, WAS THE RIGHT TACK AND I DID GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE EDITOR. I FOUND OUT THAT THE WORK OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE LADDER EACH AND EVERY MONTH WAS BEING DONE ENTIRELY BY TWO PEOPLE.

"THE REASON FOR SILENCE IN ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST TIMID 'FEELER' IS VERY SIMPLY THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO TIME NOR ENERGY FOR MUCH OF ANYTHING BUT TO KEEP THE LADDER GOING. IT IS ONLY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF SUCH A SMALL GROUP OF DEDICATED PEOPLE THAT DOB AND THE LADDER SURVIVE.

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